View northwest from Goat Hill over Caribou (9800 feet), Boulder County, Colorado, includes streets lined with log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-to structures. Many have external timber braces for protection against the wind blowing from the Continental Divide. Businesses on Potosi Street include stores, saloons, restaurants and the post office. The three-story Sherman House hotel is on the corner of Potosi and Sherman streets. The schoolhouse is on a slope of stumps and "Baldly Mountain" (Bald Mountain) with light snow shows beyond the town.

Description

1 photoprint ; 9 x 12 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)

Subject

Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1890.

Format-Medium

Photograph

Source

George Rowe, Nov. 1983

Rights Contact Information

Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.

Reproduction Available for Purchase

Yes (digital reproduction)

Related Material

Image File: ZZR710006813

Notes

Photoprint has adhesive staining on back and tape over a torn upper right corner.; Title hand-written on paper in sleeve with photoprint; "A" on back of photoprint.; R7100068130

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